New Sandy Hook Elementary School Unveiled
On Friday morning, Newtown hosted a media access day at the new Sandy Hook Elementary School (SHS). The pre-k through grade five school opens to 375 students on August 29. Members of the media were guided through the new school.
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The new Sandy Hook Elementary School was unveiled Friday before a gathering of media members and town dignitaries.
On Friday morning, Newtown hosted a media access day at the new Sandy Hook Elementary School (SHS). From left, Steve Flick, project superintendent with Consigli Construction Co., Inc. and Julia McFadden, architectual project manager with Svigals + Partners, guide members of the press through a new classroom. The pre-k through grade five school opens to 375 students on August 29.
(Patrick Raycraft / Hartford Courant)On Friday morning, Newtown hosted a media access day at the new Sandy Hook Elementary School (SHS). The pre-k through grade five school opens to 375 students on August 29. Two playgrounds are located at each end of the new school.
(Patrick Raycraft / Hartford Courant)On Friday morning, Newtown hosted a media access day at the new Sandy Hook Elementary School (SHS). The pre-k through grade five school opens to 375 students on August 29.
(Patrick Raycraft / Hartford Courant)This is the entrance road to the new Sandy Hook Elementary School (SHS). On Friday morning, Newtown hosted a media access day. The pre-k through grade five school opens to 375 students on August 29.
(Patrick Raycraft / Hartford Courant)On Friday morning, Newtown hosted a media access day at the new Sandy Hook Elementary School (SHS). The pre-k through grade five school opens to 375 students on August 29.
(Patrick Raycraft / Hartford Courant)Newtown superintendent of schools, Dr. Joseph V. Erardi, Jr., speaks with members of the media following a press conference on Friday morning at the new Sandy Hook Elementary School (SHS). The newly-constructed, $50 million pre-k through grade five school opens to 375 students on August 29.
(Patrick Raycraft / Hartford Courant)On Friday morning, Newtown hosted a media access day at the new Sandy Hook Elementary School (SHS). The pre-k through grade five school opens to 375 students on August 29.
(Patrick Raycraft / Hartford Courant)The new Sandy Hook Elementary School (SHS) features three courtyards and one amphitheater in the rear of the building. On Friday morning, Newtown hosted a media access day at the pre-k through grade five school. School opens on August 29.
(Patrick Raycraft / Hartford Courant)The horizon of Newtown and the ecology of water are two major design themes for the newly-finished Sandy Hook School. On Friday morning, Newtown hosted a media access day at the new Sandy Hook Elementary School (SHS). The pre-k through grade five school opens to 375 students on August 29.
(Patrick Raycraft / Hartford Courant)On Friday morning, Newtown hosted a media access day at the new Sandy Hook Elementary School (SHS). The pre-k through grade five school opens to 375 students on August 29. A weathervane at the school features an eagle, the school’s mascot.
(Patrick Raycraft / Hartford Courant)“We continue to rebuild. We continue to recover,” says Sandy Hook Elementary School (SHS) principal Dr. Kathy Gombos on Friday morning about the three and a half years since the Sandy Hook tragedy in Dec. 2012. On Friday, Newtown hosted a media access day at the new $50 million school. The pre-k through grade five school opens to 375 students on August 29.
(Patrick Raycraft / Hartford Courant)Locks on classroom doors are still in the process of being installed at the new Sandy Hook Elementary School (SHS). On Friday morning, Newtown hosted a media access day. The new, $50 million pre-k through grade five school opens to 375 students on August 29.
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